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" I was a Skynyrd fan all along. But I was also the brother of the lead singer who passed on. I just didn't want to do anything that would harm the band's name. "

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" That's your end goal anyway, is to make the fans happy. "

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" I saw B.B. King in concert one time where he had this guy that would bring him out a glass of water and towel to wipe his forehead with. "

" The fans have always been there for us, and they've realized when we were going through a hard time. "

" When you're dealing with a big amount of money, you should have your own accountant and your own lawyer. "

" My favorite singers in the world have been black singers, and you can go to any church and hear the best singers in the world - and I'm a singer, and I love singing! "

" I was a Skynyrd fan before I was approached to be a part of Skynyrd, and they always ended it with 'Free Bird,' so I've been watching it since I was a kid. "

" David Allan Coe actually went to jail one time. Some fan cursed Lynyrd Skynyrd, and David Allan Coe kicked his teeth in. He ran and kicked a guy's teeth in for saying something about Lynyrd Skynyrd. "

" Look at Montgomery Gentry. If those boys came out in the '70s, they'd be Southern rock. "

" People are asking us, 'Why have you gone country?' And we say, 'Man, we were born country.' They gave us the tag 'Southern rock' years ago as a way of not saying country. "

" Lynyrd Skynyrd has always been a bunch of rowdy, crazy people, but we love our fans, and that's what the music is all about: touching them. Touching them touches us. "

" 'Free Bird' is timeless, 'Sweet Home' is timeless. They're just timeless songs. "

" We're musicians; we're not politicians or anything. "

" Everybody in Lynyrd Skynyrd loves different styles of music, and our minds are very open when it comes to writing our songs and making the band true to what the band is, but also stepping out and doing something current. "

" We didn't grow up rich people. "

" Lynyrd Skynyrd has always been about writing songs and talking to people through them. That's what we do, and that's what we'll keep doing for as long as we can. "

" We have a lot of friends who are hunters. And you know what? Come hunting season, man, they head to the woods, you know. And again, this country was built on God and guns, folks. I mean, it really was. "

" This is America, and everybody should have a right to say what they want to say. But I think there's a time and a place for it. "

" We have a song called 'Skynyrd Nation.' It's just about what our fans are, what they do in getting ready for the show. "

" It's for the common people, people who have made this great country of ours. That's what the heck I say we always write about. "

" If nothing else, we grew up loving the old blues artists and Ray Charles. "

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" I just love going out and playing my brother's songs. "

" They're great songs. How many bands wouldn't like to have a 'Freebird' or 'Sweet Home Alabama' to play every night? "

" When we were kids, we said the Pledge of Allegiance because we were proud of this country, and we said prayer. You know, we thanked the good Lord above. "

" John 5 - he's weird. He's a freak. I'm just kidding. He's a great guy. "

" I want to be there for the last note of 'Freebird' when that happens. "